کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
467463 698023 2013 17 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Standardisation: A tool for addressing market failure within the software industry
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی کامپیوتر علوم کامپیوتر (عمومی)
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Standardisation: A tool for addressing market failure within the software industry
چکیده انگلیسی

Despite the maturity of the software industry, empirical research demonstrates that average software quality, when measured through the presence of software defects, is low. Such defects cause a wide array of issues, not least in the form of vulnerabilities, which support a multi-billion pound a year industry of fraud in cyber crime. This paper suggests that this is the result of market failure stemming from two factors: the first is that information asymmetry prevents the establishment of software quality prior to purchase; whilst the second is that the legal provisions available under private law are unable in their current form to adequately address software liability issues. On that basis this paper proposes the use of standardisation as a tool to address both of these shortcomings by providing an industry benchmark against which software quality can be ascertained, as well as forming a legal tool for determining causation for the purposes of establishing legal liability.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Computer Law & Security Review - Volume 29, Issue 4, August 2013, Pages 413–429
نویسندگان
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